Up-river is also an adjective., adj ADJ n. ...an upriver trip in Central Africa. Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary &nbsp. See also: river bank, river basin, river bed, sell sb down the river. Loir. Loir. n. a river in western France, an indirect tributary of la Loire.
A transition economy or transitional economy is an economy which is changing from a centrally planned economy to a free market. [1] Transition economies undergo economic liberalization, where market forces set prices rather than a central planning organization.
Other than the agricultural-intensive economies and labor-intensive economies, the global economy is in transition to a knowledge economy, as an extension of an  information society  in the Information Age led by innovation.